The running time of 30 trains in the Palakkad division will be reduced by about 350 minutes from July this year when the new railway time table comes into effect, Divisional Railway Manager, Palakkad, S.K. Raina, has said.
After unfurling the Tricolour at Hemambika Nagar Railway Colony Ground, Palakkad, as part of the Republic Day celebrations on Thursday, he said the maximum speed on the Shornur-Mangalore (both ways) route had been increased from 100 to 110 km per hour. The division had already speeded up 44 trains (39 Express and 5 Passenger) from 5 to 50 minutes resulting in reduction in overall running of about 700 minutes. He said work on electrification of Kannur-Mangalore section would commence soon.
Mr. Raina said the division had been able to man all level crossings and the safety drive and awareness programmes had resulted in zero accidents last year. The division had been able to achieve a record cumulative punctuality of 94.4 per cent for mail and express trains and 92.9 per cent for passenger trains during April-December 2011.
The total earnings during April to December 2011 had shown improvements despite the goods shortfall from Mangalore port. The total earnings has been Rs.441 crore compared to Rs.419 crore during the same period last year, an increase of 5.12 per cent. Mr. Raina said the passenger earnings had gone up from Rs.258 crore to around Rs.295 crore, an increase of 14.14 per cent. The division handled 591 lakh passengers against 541 lakh passengers (during April-December, 2011) which is 9.24 per cent increase over last year.
Six out of the nine trains announced in the last budget had been introduced and the remaining was expected to be introduced shortly. The introduction of Nilambur Road-Thiruvananthapuram Rajya Rani Link Express and Palakkad Junction-Mangalore Central Inter City Super Fast Train had benefited people of north Malabar, he added. George Mathew, Divisional Security Commissioner; Sitaram Sinku, Additional Divisional Railway Manager; and Reeta Raina, president, Southern Railway Women's Welfare Organisation, Palakkad; took part.
After unfurling the Tricolour at Hemambika Nagar Railway Colony Ground, Palakkad, as part of the Republic Day celebrations on Thursday, he said the maximum speed on the Shornur-Mangalore (both ways) route had been increased from 100 to 110 km per hour. The division had already speeded up 44 trains (39 Express and 5 Passenger) from 5 to 50 minutes resulting in reduction in overall running of about 700 minutes. He said work on electrification of Kannur-Mangalore section would commence soon.
Mr. Raina said the division had been able to man all level crossings and the safety drive and awareness programmes had resulted in zero accidents last year. The division had been able to achieve a record cumulative punctuality of 94.4 per cent for mail and express trains and 92.9 per cent for passenger trains during April-December 2011.
The total earnings during April to December 2011 had shown improvements despite the goods shortfall from Mangalore port. The total earnings has been Rs.441 crore compared to Rs.419 crore during the same period last year, an increase of 5.12 per cent. Mr. Raina said the passenger earnings had gone up from Rs.258 crore to around Rs.295 crore, an increase of 14.14 per cent. The division handled 591 lakh passengers against 541 lakh passengers (during April-December, 2011) which is 9.24 per cent increase over last year.
Six out of the nine trains announced in the last budget had been introduced and the remaining was expected to be introduced shortly. The introduction of Nilambur Road-Thiruvananthapuram Rajya Rani Link Express and Palakkad Junction-Mangalore Central Inter City Super Fast Train had benefited people of north Malabar, he added. George Mathew, Divisional Security Commissioner; Sitaram Sinku, Additional Divisional Railway Manager; and Reeta Raina, president, Southern Railway Women's Welfare Organisation, Palakkad; took part.
